Trevira CS

tulle

A fine, often starched net of silk, rayon or nylon, used especially for veils, tutus or gowns.

CATEGORY : Fiber SOURCE : Textile Glossary by Marvin Klapper

tussah

General term for uncultivated or wild silk, specifically referencing the silk filaments from the tussah worms of India or China. Filaments are coarser, crisper, stronger, more irregular and brownish in color compared to cultivated silk.

CATEGORY : Fiber SOURCE : Textile Glossary by Marvin Klapper

twill

A weave with diagonal ribs. Diagonals may be set at sharp blunt angles, embedded or raised. Important types of twills are flannels, serges, gabardines and surahs.